Usage-Based Theory and Korean Grammar Pedagogy (사용 기반 이론과 한국어 문법 교육)

Byongcheol Jeong (정병철)

Usage-Based Theory and Korean Grammar Pedagogy

The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea
Abbr : 사회언어학
2023, 31(1), pp.173-199
Publisher : The Sociolinguistic Society Of Korea
Research Area : Humanities > Linguistics
Received : February 20, 2023
Accepted : March 9, 2023
Published : March 31, 2023

Byongcheol Jeong ¹

¹경남대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This article examines the current views and pedagogical approaches of Korean school grammar from the perspectives of usage-based theory, and suggests future directions for Korean Grammar Pedagogy that reflect authentic usage of Korean and facilitate meaningful learning. To this end, the basic assumptions of the usage-based theory were reviewed and its applicability to Korean explored. As a result, it is shown that usage-based theory provides us with alternative explanations that overcome the limitations of traditional school grammar and enable meaningful inquiry activities. At the phonological level, while school grammar has ignored the various CVCC syllable configurations actually observed, from the point of view of usage-based theory, syllable-final consonant clusters such as [rp], [rt], and [rk] are appropriately described. At the morphological level, construction-based morphology sheds light on various schema and patterns of word formation that school grammars have overlooked. Finally, usage-based theory provides an alternative explanation of the complement category defined by school grammar.

KEYWORDS

usage-based theory, school grammar, Korean pedagogical grammar, construction-based morphology, complement

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